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Kindergarteners lead the way in sharing the gospel
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Date
Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:10:37 -0800
> Taiwan Church News
>3019 Edition
>January 4~10, 2010
Kindergarteners lead the way in sharing the gospel
>Reported by Chen Wei-jian
>Written by Lydia Ma
If you happen to stop by Huatan Market in Changhua on the first week of every month, don’t be
surprised to see a few kindergarteners handing out gospel tracts to people on a morning
shopping errand. Whenever grownups receive a small gift from a little child, their faces usually
>light up with joy and surprise.
Since last December, Huatan Presbyterian Church has been sending a small team of
missionaries to Huatan Market at 9:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of every month. These
missionaries are mainly families with small children and they distribute nicely wrapped, mini-
packages of tissue paper to people they meet at Huatan market. Each mini-package of tissue
paper contains the church’s address and a Bible verse printed on the outside and the children
>also hand out a gospel tract with it.
According to Huatan Church’s pastor, Rev. Tsao Ling-chi, this project was a church member’s
idea and is currently run entirely by church members. Their goal is to invite people who live
nearby to church-sponsored activities – with a little help from small children. Church members
involved in this project are usually young families enthusiastic about sharing the gospel.
The production costs of these small gifts are entirely supported by the church couple who
designed this outreach activity. This couple shared that when they were expecting their first
child, they realized their child was a gift and a grace from God. Inspired by God, they decided
that as soon as their child learned to walk and talk, they would take their child everywhere and
teach their child to share the gospel. Their baby is now 21 months old.
After discussing with Tsao and sharing this idea with other church members, a few other
families got onboard and decided to join this family in inviting God to use their children to
share the gospel. The church’s youth group is helping out by reading Bible stories and
teaching songs and Bible verses to these young children before they head out to Huatan
>Market.
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